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"Much
of
mathematics
has
the
appeal
of
magic,
and
some
of
it
is
-
pure
magic."
~
Charles
Eames
Suppose
you
wanted
to
know
why
the
Fibonacci
Series
is
actually
called
the
Fibonacci
Series.Or
where
the
foundations
for
calculus
come
from.
Or
maybe
why
the
first
French
Pope
was
accused
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When
it
comes
to
fitness
and
exercise,
a
little
motivation
goes
a
long
way.
That
motivation
can
come
in
many
different
forms
–
looking
in
the
mirror,
ridicule
from
friends,
preparing
for
a
big
race,
or
a
personal
fitness
coach.
Getting
off
your
butt
is
only
the
first
step
though…you
also
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IBM
Software
is
choc-a-block
with
talented
bloggers
and
subject
matter
experts,
and
from
time
to
time
I
like
to
shine
the
spotlight
on
the
great
work
they're
doing
in
other
areas
of
the
company.
Today's
example
comes
from
Timothy
Hahn,
a
20-year
IBM
veteran
and
Distinguished
Engineer
now
responsible
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One
of
the
first
things
you
learn
working
in
IT
is
how
difficult
it
is
to
get
people
to
switch
from
one
vendor
or
IT
solution
to
another.
Perhaps
you
start
a
new
job,
at
a
new
company,
where
they're
struggling
with
a
technical
problem
you've
solved
in
the
past.
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Last
month
we
showed
you
what
we're
doing
in
analytics
and
where
it
can
take
your
business.
Now
it's
your
turn.
The
Call
for
Speakers
for
IBM
Information
On
Demand
2012
is
open.
The
deadline
is
Friday,
April
13,
2012
at
5:59
ET.
Our
biggest
customer
conference
Information
On
Demand
... [ + Read more ]

Today's
post
comes
from
Sydney
Shealy,
Market
Segment
Manager,
Application
Security.
In
their
annual
report
released
this
month,
the
IBM
X-Force
Research
and
Development
team
labeled
2011
as
the
year
of
the
security
breach.
The
report
pointed
out
that
attackers
did
not
discriminate
by
sector,
company
size,
or
location.
With
this
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On
a
Smarter
Planet,
analytics
make
cities
safer
and
people
healthier.
Crunching
the
numbers
gives
us
insights
that
make
our
businesses
outperform.
Some
insights,
though,
aren't
as
exciting.
For
example:
at
last
count,
your
chances
of
winning
tonight's
$540-million
Mega
Millions
lottery
were
176
million
to
one.I
repeat:
176
million....to
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I've
done
it
again.
I've
rearranged
my
iPhone
icons
in
(yet)
another
attempt
to
make
sense
of
my
world.
It's
probably
another
fool's
errand,
but
I
can't
help
myself.
I'm
a
compulsive
organizer.
I
bus
my
own
tables.
As
a
kid
I
organized
my
bookshelf
by
book
height
and
used
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Earlier
this
month
I
wrote
about
the
coming
era
of
expert
integrated
systems,
complete
with
a
video
on
the
value
of
simplicity,
the
first
of
these
systems'
many
benefits.
Now
it's
time
to
introduce
the
second
benefit,
agility.
Again,
the
IBM
team
has
produced
a
nifty
video
that
should
incent
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